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' J. B. MAINES.

THILL GOUILING JACK.

N0. 569,583. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN I3. MAINES, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND DAVID J. BARR, OF SAME PLACE.

THIL L-GOUPLING JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,583, dated October 13, 1896. Application filed December 9,1895. Serial No. 571,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. MAINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provideuce, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Inserting the Eye of a Carriage Shaft or Pole into the Shackle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the improved construction of the several parts of the apparatus, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a side view of the hook portion of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a side view of the lever. Fig. at represents a top view of the same. Fig. 5 represents a side view of the combined hook and lever. Fig. 6 represents a side view of the apparatus as employed for inserting the eye of the carriageshaft, one of the ears of the shackle being broken away. Fig. 7 represents a side view of the apparatus as employed to insert the eye of the pole. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 represent different views of the engaging-piece for insorting the eye of the pole.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the hook, which is adapted for engagement with the clip I) of the shackle O, the said 0 hook being provided with a recess d, adapted to receive the side of the bead e of the shackleclip. The hook A is provided with an openin g f, with the narrow opening g leading therefrom, the said opening being adapted to 3 5 receive the forward portion of the lever D, the said lever being provided with the straight handle portion 1' and the upwardly-turned head portion j, the plain curved surface 7:; of the lever, when in use, resting against the 4.0 plain curved surface Z of the hook, which surface forms the adj List-able fulcrum upon which the lever turns. The hook A is provided at its opposite sides with square openings m, whereby the said hook may be employed as a wrench, and the lever D is provided at its end with the opening a, whereby the said lever may also be used as a wrench.

In using the apparatus for the purpose of inserting the shaft-eye 0 into the shackle the parts A and D are first to be assembled, as

shown in Fig. 5, and then, after placing the hook portion A of the apparatus into engagement with the yoke b of the shackle-clip and with the head 6 of the same and the insertion of the spring q into the shackle, the lever D is to be brought to its proper position in the opening 9 for turning upon its fulcrum Z when the upper end a" of the lever is in engagem cut with the nut s of the bolt t and the shaft-eye 0 is inserted into the shackle. Then upon raising the outer end of the lever D the shaft-eye 0 will be forced inward against the resisting spring q until the said eye has passed so far inwardly that the pivot-bolt r of the shackle may be passed through the eye 6 5 .0, thus retaining the shaft E in proper attachment to the shackle in connection with the antirattler-spring q.

In attaching the pole-eye w to the shackle G, I employ the bearing-piece G, which embraces the pole-eye and serves to form an engaging-bearing for the end of the lever D, the said bearing-piece being formed of the two curved pieces m on, which are pivoted to each other at the point g so that they may be opened out, as shown in Fig. 10, and thus be readily attached to the pole-eye 'w and be readily removed therefrom, the rear edge .2: of the bearing-piece being beveled in order to prevent engagement with the sides of the So shackle when forcing the pole eye to its proper position for the insertion of the pivotbolt.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the hook A, provided with the opening f, g, and the curved surface 2- in the portion g of the opening with the lever D, provided with the curved bearing-surface 70, substantially as described for the purpose specified. 9o

2. lhe combination of the hook A, provided with the opening f, g, with the lever D, provided with the curved bearing-surface 7t, and the bearingpiece G, made in two pivoted parts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Y JOHN B. MAINES.

Witnesses:

SOORATES SGHOLFIELD, HARRY J. GARCEAU. 

